The Children's Hackathon with Robotix Lego Education and Gamesonomy also has its own places and will bring together 100 participants between 3 and 16 years old.

The second edition of Castelló Hackathon It has started this morning at the Pavelló Poliesportiu of the Universitat Jaume I with the second 100 places, which means doubling the participation that makes the new premiere in 2016. The event has grown in Spain, in registrations and in parallel activities , which will convert the end of October 1 in the gathering of programmers of reference to the Valencian Community, with -among others- the desires of students of Computer Engineering and Computational Mathematics. In addition, around a hundred xiquetes and xiquets have also signed up for other disabled children's activities, which the organization has been forced to expand due to strong demand.

Hackathon Castelló is an initiative of some of the most capable technological companies in the city with the objective of promoting development through programming and machinery laboratories, in order to contribute to strengthening and making visible an ecosystem that places the province as a benchmark of innovation. Hackathon is, above all, one of the territorial and sectoral dynamism events of Focus SME and Entrepreneurship, an initiative that encompasses all the agents of the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the Valencian Community.

Thus, the programmer's meeting has begun with the explanation of the six topics proposed by representatives of the firm organizers in the respective areas: Nayar Systems on artificial intelligence, IoTsens on the internet of things applied to the home, PaynoPain on decentralized payment management, Networking Directives Castellón on event apps and Cuatroochenta on apps and video games.

Along with the program participants, an official visit was made by representatives of public institutions, technological partners and collaborators who donate support to the initiative, such as the academic director of Espaitec de l'UJI, David Cabedo, the responsible for Economic Promotion of the Provincial Council, Salvador Aguilella, the director of the CEEI Castelló, Justo Vellón, or the president of Networking Directives Castellón, Gloria Serra. Cabedo has stated that it is a pleasure that this development is up to the University and that they promote companies that are closely linked to it. "We hope that in the future we continue in the material line and ends and tot expand it," he pointed out.

In addition to developing projects according to some of the six reptes proposed, the Hackathon has scheduled 23 specialized workshops throughout the weekend, among which stand out those of Pedro Bisbal, mentor of the business promoter Blast Off Partners and prestigious trainer in different fields. business schools; David Rodríguez and Marco Domingo from Catness Game Studios, creators of Hive, a futuristic video game developed by Castelló selected for PlayStation; the nutritionist Pilar Esquer, who will explain "how to feed the cervell"; i Francisco Buitrago from Telefónica, who will talk about “Development of IoT applications applied to the home”.

Children's Hackathon and costume contests

The second edition of the trobada of programmers compta enguany com a novetat amb la Hackathon Infantil, which has registered 100 xiquets groupats per edats. Initially, an educational robotics pedagogical activity was planned by Robotix Lego Education, but in completing the groups, the Gamesonomy platform, specialized in the development of video games, has also joined the initiative. The appointment with the most participants will be on Saturday 30th from 10am.

And because everything does not continue to be davant of the computer or the mobile devices, the second edition of the programmer's trobada will also include both recreational activities, such as the After Work party on the 29th of the BetaBeers mà or the Comic Book costume party Dissabte 30 show, which will award a high-end smartphone for the photo that receives the most interaction in social networks.